tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post116074373891728458..comments2014-01-12T10:46:48.153-07:00Comments on The Geomblog: Computer scientists sit in a cube and program all day...Suresh Venkatasubramaniannoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1161034333117902112006-10-16T15:32:00.000-06:002006-10-16T15:32:00.000-06:00I'm not surprised these students had no idea what ...I'm not surprised these students had no idea what science is. But do they know what philosophers do? Or do they know what the average politician does when he is not on TV?<BR/><BR/>The truth of the matter is that careers are usually badly planned based on biased and incomplete information.<BR/><BR/>But should we do anything to attract more people into research, leave alone science? Maybe. Maybe not.<BR/><BR/>I have two sons and I will not encourage either of them to pursue a career in science. I'm quite happy with my job, I love the work I do and I consider myself to be very lucky to get paid to do research all day... but there are other very cool things one can do, and they don't involve starting your life at 30 and working week-ends for several years before you can finally take a rest.&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A><A HREF="http://www.daniel-lemire.com/" REL="nofollow" TITLE="lemire at acm dot org">Daniel Lemire</A>Daniel Lemirehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17350105204859937215noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1160953520917479052006-10-15T17:05:00.000-06:002006-10-15T17:05:00.000-06:00That's not data they're looking at, it's Friendste...That's not data they're looking at, it's Friendster.&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>AnonymousAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6555947.post-1160897365695021382006-10-15T01:29:00.000-06:002006-10-15T01:29:00.000-06:00\begin{cynicalviewpoint}On the other hand, isn't i...\begin{cynicalviewpoint}<BR/>On the other hand, isn't it actually true that an overwhelming majority of computer science graduates do exactly that?<BR/>\end{cynicalviewpoint}&#160;<BR/><BR/><A></A><A></A>Posted by<A><B> </B></A>kunalAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com